Show An n Au Automatic Watering Pot German publications have been descrIbIng describing de do- scribing a very useful automatic watering water ing lag can which the housewife might adopt to care for otherwise neglected plants A thick untwisted cotton wick about 5 feet long is inserted in a rubber or glass tube about three feet long and of oJ inch bore which is bent un U shape one leg longer than the other the wick being allowed to project at both ends The short end of the tube is left in a pall pail of water over night while the wick takes up the water from the pail until it is saturated In the morning the pail pall may be S SS S'S AUTOMATIC WATERING POT set on a stool and the slow seeping of water through the wick is started by suction The wick at the end of the long leg of the improvised siphon is separated into several strands one strand being placed in each pot to be watered The caretaker may now go away for the day with the assurance that his flowers Sowers will receive all th it tha water necessary In warm weather it is best to cover the pall pail and wrap the tube tuba cloth to prevent the wick from drying The German inventor of this device says It has always worked sue suc |